2015 marks the 40th anniversary of Women's Health Specialists, founded as the Chico Feminist Women's Health Center. Since 1975, we have grown to 9 clinic sites and our feminist impact reaches far beyond the

We have a vision: A world where women control their own bodies, reproduction and sexuality. The Feminist Women's Health Center / Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women-controlled health care and advocating for all options for all women. Only with dignity and freedom of choice can women achieve their full potential.

Our Philosophy

The philosophy of Women's Health Specialists is to promote positive images of women and provide our clients with a new perspective of their bodies and health. We give women the tools to evaluate their authentic health care needs - images of women not based on a societal myth, but based on women's reality and experience. We provide women with health information so they can become knowledgeable about their normal life stages. Our goal is to empower women through support, education, self-help and services so that they can make the best health care decisions for themselves.

We put Women's Health in Women's Hands Non-profit Tax ID # 94-2259357

WHS Welcomes All Newly Enrolled Medi-Cal and Insured Clients

Women’s Health Specialists has partnered with Covered California, a new marketplace for affordable, private health. Click here to learn about your options in the new health care exchange. Educational materials for Covered California are available in PDF format: Changes in Health Care are Coming and We've Got You Covered.

Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women with information so that they can make the most informed decisions about their health care. WHS Health Alerts and News gives women the tools to better understand important health issues by demystifying health news. WHS Health Alerts is a place for women to read, discuss, and share news and their experiences.

BY: By Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!
As a Movement for Black Lives Convening is set to take place this weekend in Cleveland, we discuss the case of Sandra Bland and many others who have died in the custody of law enforcement with the three founders of the Black Lives Matter movement.

By: Center For Reproductive Rights
WASHINGTON - Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) today introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that would ensure all women have access to health insurance coverage for abortion services, no matter how much money they make, what insurance plan they have, or where they live.